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Wind Advisory 6, NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued this wind advisory at Mar 3, 2012, 4:15 PM EST for 7 counties in Pennsylvania; 8 counties in New Jersey. It was in force for 2 hr.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- Mar 3, 2012, 4:15 PM EST (21:15 UTC)
- Expired
- Mar 3, 2012, 6:29 PM EST
- In force
- 2 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly
Counties Burlington County, NJ, Hunterdon County, NJ, Mercer County, NJ, Middlesex County, NJ, Morris County, NJ, Somerset County, NJ, Sussex County, NJ, Warren County, NJ, Berks County, PA, Carbon County, PA, Delaware County, PA, Lehigh County, PA, Monroe County, PA, Northampton County, PA, Philadelphia County, PA
The radar
The Philadelphia radar (KDIX), 87 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 21:19 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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The archived warnings, watches and discussions in force at that minute are drawn over the scan, this one among them.
The nearest sounding before it
Brookhaven, NY (KOKX), launched 12:00Z, 9.3 hours before the alert went out and 189 km from the middle of its area. This is the routine balloon launch nearest before it, the air the forecaster had in hand, not a measurement taken for the alert.
- Mixed-layer CAPE
- 0 J/kg
- Mixed-layer CIN
- No buoyant parcel
- Mixed-layer LCL
- 482 m above ground
- 0-6 km bulk shear
- 59 kt
- 0-1 km storm-relative helicity
- 309 m²/s²
- 0-3 km storm-relative helicity
- 353 m²/s²
- Significant tornado parameter
- 0.0
- Supercell composite
- 0.0
The text
As transmitted, in the capitals the NWS used until 2016.
154 WWUS71 KPHI 032115 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 415 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 NJZ001-007>010-012-015-019-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-040100- /O.NEW.KPHI.WI.Y.0006.120303T2115Z-120304T0100Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN... BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN... MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA 415 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS ISSUED A WIND ADVISORY...WHICH IS IN EFFECT UNTIL 8 PM EST THIS EVENING. * WINDS...WEST 15 TO 25 MPH WITH GUSTS UP TO 45 MPH. * TIMING...STRONGEST WINDS WILL AFFECT THE AREA NOW THROUGH EARLY EVENING BEFORE DIMINISHING. * IMPACTS...STRONG WINDS CAN KNOCK DOWN TREE LIMBS AND SOME WEAKER TREES. POWER OUTAGES MAY RESULT FROM FALLING LIMBS AND TREES. MOTORISTS DRIVING HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION ESPECIALLY WHEN TRAVELING OVER BRIDGES AND OTHER ELEVATED ROADWAYS. PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS... MOTORISTS SHOULD USE EXTRA CAUTION...ESPECIALLY THOSE IN HIGH PROFILE VEHICLES. LIGHT-WEIGHT OUTDOOR OBJECTS SUCH AS PATIO FURNITURE AND GARBAGE CANS SHOULD BE SECURED. && $$ HEAVENER
1 follow-up statement
017 WWUS71 KPHI 032329 NPWPHI URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE MOUNT HOLLY NJ 629 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 NJZ001-007>010-012-015-019-PAZ054-055-060>062-067>071-040030- /O.CAN.KPHI.WI.Y.0006.000000T0000Z-120304T0100Z/ SUSSEX-WARREN-MORRIS-HUNTERDON-SOMERSET-MIDDLESEX-MERCER- NORTHWESTERN BURLINGTON-CARBON-MONROE-BERKS-LEHIGH-NORTHAMPTON- CHESTER-MONTGOMERY-BUCKS-DELAWARE-PHILADELPHIA- INCLUDING THE CITIES OF...NEWTON...WASHINGTON...MORRISTOWN... FLEMINGTON...SOMERVILLE...NEW BRUNSWICK...TRENTON...MOORESTOWN... MOUNT HOLLY...JIM THORPE...STROUDSBURG...READING...ALLENTOWN... BETHLEHEM...EASTON...WEST CHESTER...NORRISTOWN...DOYLESTOWN... MEDIA...PHILADELPHIA 629 PM EST SAT MAR 3 2012 ...WIND ADVISORY IS CANCELLED... THE NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE IN MOUNT HOLLY HAS CANCELLED THE WIND ADVISORY. WIND SPEEDS ARE DIMINISHING AND ARE NO LONGER EXPECTED TO REACH ADVISORY CRITERIA. THEREFORE, THE ADVISORY HAS BEEN CANCELLED. $$ RPW
The office that day
Everything else NWS Philadelphia/Mount Holly issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mar 3, 6:12 AM EST | Dense Fog Advisory | PHI | Delaware, Philadelphia | 3 hr |
| Mar 3, 1:59 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic, Cape May, Cumberland | 61 min |
| Mar 3, 2:43 AM EST | Special Marine Warning | PHI | 62 min | |
| Mar 3, 2:46 AM EST | Special Weather Statement | PHI | Atlantic | 44 min |
Nearby
Wind Advisories in New Jersey, 2012Wind Advisories in Pennsylvania, 2012Every wind advisory in 2012
Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; the sounding from the Mesonet's radiosonde archive; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.